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ssessions, but observed that it was the will of the Great 
Spirit and they must submit. It was with difficulty the 
Seminoles were induced to assent to the treaty of cession, 
and they would probably resist its execution if they had 
any chance of success. Severa! of the chiefs have reser- 
vations, and are permitted to remain in West Florida, with 
a limited number of followers. There are now sever 
Indian villages in the great southern reservation. 
Art. XXII.—Remarks on Art. VI. Vol. V. No. I. of this 
Journal, and on 4 passage in Dr. Dwight’s Travels, Vol. 
IIL p. 245, relating to sxme phenomena of moving rocks ; 
ana letter to the editor, by the Rev. J. Apams, Princi- 
pal of Charleston College, S. Carolina. ; 
Proressor SItuLiman, 
Dear Sir, 
In the 5th volume, p. 34th, of your Journal of Science, 
your correspondent “ Perros,” has given an account of 
some rocks situated near the shore of a lake, which appear 
to have been gradually approaching the shore for many 
y Your correspondent has shrunk from the respon- 
sibility attached to what he bas related, by suppressing his 
name; and in this seems not to have acted in exact ac- 
cordance with that philosophic spirit, ‘‘ which knows how 
to distinguish what is just in itself from what is merely 
accredited by illustrious names; adopting a truth which 
no one has sanctioned, and rejecting an error of which all 
approve, with the same calmness as if no judgment were 
opposed to its own.” (Brown’s Lectures, 18. 
A cause of the motion of these rocks, which appeared 
satisfactory to myself, occurred when I perused the ac- 
count of them, and [ had thoughts of writing you my views 
at the time, but neglected to do so. Yesterday, however, 
in reading a review of Dr, Dwight’s travels, in the Quar- 
terly Review for April, 1824, [| met with a passage which 
has induced me to resume my original design of writing to 
you on the subject. 1 extract the passage as given by the 
